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Sad -lron Heater.

No. 91,433. Patented June 15, I869.

33mm can.

CHARLES H- GOSS; OF TROY, NEW YORK.

Lari! s Patent No. 91,433, dated June 15, 1869.

LAUNDRY-HEATER.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES H. Go'ss, of the city of Troy, county ofRensselaer, and State of New York, have invented anew and usefulimproved Laundry- Heatcr, and that the following is a full, clear, andexact description of my said invention, reference being bad to thedrawings accompanying the same, and which form a part of thisspecification, in which- Figure 1 is aaperspective view of my improvedlaundry-heater. v

Figures 2 and 3 are cross-sections, showing the interror ot the same.

The nature of my invention consists in constructing a laundry-heater ina cylindrical form, with the exit .heater,jnst'abave the point where theirons are placed,

for the purpose of reflecting the heat upon the said ironls,substantially as hereinafter specified and set ort 1. To enable othersskilled in the art to which it relates, to make and use my saidinvention, I will describe the construction and operation thereof, whichareas follows:

A B is the fire-box of my improved laundry-heater,

and

O, the ash-box of thesame.

1 construct the said fire-box. in a cylindrical form, and with the lowerportion A sloping outward, and the upper portion B sloping inward towardthe exitpipe H, which is placedin the centre thereof.

1 construct the sloping upper surface of said fire-box in the formof apolygon, with any number of sides -or faces, 6 e, that may be desirable,according to the size of the heater, as well as the size of the irons tobe used in connection therewith.

I generally design to make each of said faces, or sides about double thewidth of a common laundryiron. Each of these faces, or sides is concave,curving slightly from each side toward the centre.

At the bottom of these faces, or compartmentsthe heater is encircled bya rim, 1, which'serves to keep the irons from sliding ofl.

In the centre of each of these faces, or compartments, and at the lowerpart thereof, I insert the the height of the lower portion is aboutequal to the thickness of a laundry-iron, and which runs to a point atthe upper part thereof. It may be of any thickness desired, as its soleobject is to keep the irons, when placed on the heater, from leaningagainst each other.

Aronnd the upper portion of the heater, and just above that portion ofsaid upper surface where-the irons are placed, I construct thecircularplate, or collar G, madeot galvanized iron or some other suit-ablereflect-ingsubs'tance.

The space between the rim I and the said collarG should be about equalto the length of the laundryirons to be used.

The operation of my said invention is as follows:

. The use of the reflecting-collar is obvious. It is simply tointerceptthe rays of heat, and to reflect them upon the laundry-ironsplaced just beneath it. But in this way, the handles, as well as thebottoms of the irons, become highly heated, and in an extensivc laundry,where a great many irons are used, if they are placed on a planesurface, close together, the danger of burning the hands of theoperatives is very great. If they are not placed close together, someheating-space must necessarily be lost.

Each of the faces, or compartments 0 a, being double the width of aniron, a pair of irons, when placed thereon, will lean toward each other,and leave a space between them and'the next pair, on either side,suflicient for the introduction of the hand, without danger of burning.The use of the small triangular partition f obviates the same danger,which would arise from the irons leaningdirectly against each other.

Having thus described the construction and opera- 7 tion of my saidinvention, I

,What 1 claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. Alamrdry-heater with a sloping top, constructed in the form of a polygon,with concave faces, or sides, 6 e, substantially as hei'einbeforedescribed and specified.

2. Also, the said sloping top, constructed in the form of a polygon,with a partition, f, placed in the centre of each of the concave sides,or faces 6 a thereof, substantially as hereinbefore described andspecified.

3. Also, the said sloping top, constructed in the form ofa polygon, withconcave sides, or faces 0 e, in combination with the reflecting-collarG, substantially as hereinbefore described and specified.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, this 26th day ofSeptember, 1868.

- O. H. GOS'S.

Witnesses:

FRANCIS A. Woons E. Gowns.

